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title: בֶּכֶר — young camel · The Tanakh dictionary
description: בֶּכֶר (1070), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: young camel. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# בֶּכֶר

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«בֶּכֶר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **young camel** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** 1070 · **BDB:** בֶּ֫כֶר

### Glosses

the.young.camels (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

young camel [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/1070/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/1070/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. (young camel, Arabic بَكْرٌ, Assyrian bakru Asrb.Annals ix. 65)— son of Ephraim Nu. 26:35 = בֶּרֶד 1 Ch 7:20. son of Benjamin Gn 46:21; 1 Ch 7:6, 8 (בָּ֑כֶר).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech differs, 0 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (6 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (7 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «בֶּכֶר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/1070/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Isaiah 60:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.60.6/)

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שִֽׁפְעַ֨ת גְּמַלִּ֜ים תְּכַסֵּ֗ךְ בִּכְרֵ֤י מִדְיָן֙ וְעֵיפָ֔ה כֻּלָּ֖ם מִשְּׁבָ֣א יָבֹ֑אוּ זָהָ֤ב וּלְבוֹנָה֙ יִשָּׂ֔אוּ וּתְהִלֹּ֥ת יְהוָ֖ה יְבַשֵּֽׂרוּ׃

*Word for word:* an.abundance of.camels it will.cover.you the.young.camels of.Midian and Ephah of.them all from Sheba they.will.come gold and frankincense they.will.carry and the.praises of.Yahweh they.will.bear.news

*JPS 1917:* The caravan of camels shall cover thee, and of the young camels of Midian and Ephah, all coming from Sheba; they shall bring gold and incense, and shall proclaim the praises of the LORD.

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